THE 7111CHIGAN DAILY ___________ ackham Research Grants Announced -Photo Courtesy University News Service All CHOO! !-These people are working to end the sneezing which affects 7,500,000 American hay fever sufferers annually. The poor soul in the center sits downwind, handkerchief in hand, waiting to feel the effects of pollen from the ragweed plot in the foreground. The other two men are investi- gating the problem. 'U' Ragweed May Lessen Sneezing Hay fever sufferers no doubt will be pleased to hear that a plot of ragweed 100-ft. square has ma- tured early this year. That is, they will be pleased to hear the reason for the early flowering of the plant which causes sneezing and suffering for more than 7,500,000 Americans who get hay fever and asthma every year The ragweed crop is the result of an investigation being conducted at Willow Run by University botanists, physicians and meteor- ologists into what affects the emis- sion of pollen by the plant and how pollen affects hay fever symptoms. Prof. Warren H. Wagner, Jr., of the botany department heads a group of botanists who are study- ing the way the sun affects the emission of pollen. The botanists are also responsible for the early blooming of the plot of ragweed. Prof. Wagner and his colleagues are interested in seeing whether Walcott Says Progressive Education Fine Progressive education isn't re- sponsible for the condition of high school students today, Prof. Fred G. Walcott of the education school said recently. The lethargic - often hoodlum- like - attitude of high school stu- dents is often due to authoritarian attitude of traditional educators, Prof. Walcott says. His reason: traditionalists are not concerned with the interests or self-selection of pupils, but with methods of compelling stu- dents to* learn pre-determined subjects. This leads to offering knowledge on a "take-it-or-leave- it" basis. When something goes wrong, Prof. Walcott says, the tradition- alists blame it on "soft educa- tion," without evaluating their own theories to see if they are wrong. DIAL NO 2-31,36 "MAGNIFICENT! a composite of mystery, murder, crime and pun- shmentE . TAUT, PACKED WITH EMOTION!" - Jesse Zunser, Cue the sun's radiation or its drying effect causes the emission of pol- len. Physicians are using human guinea pigs-brave hay fever suf- ferers-who sit downwind of the ragweed plot to determine when hay fever symptoms occur and to what extent. Dr. John M. Sheldon, professor Scans Verse ByMachine,- "Computers can be used to study, the impact of poetic verse on an entire culture," declared Prof. Thomas A. Sebeok of Indiana Uni- versity, Prof. Sebeok, a visiting professor in the Linguistic Institute and the anthropology department, gave a lecture on the use of the computers recently. Basis for Prof. Sebeok's research are 4,000 verse texts in Cheremis, a language spoken by 500,000 resi- dents of east-central European Russia. The analysis of one of these verse texts by hand took Se- beok an entire month. At that rate, he estimated that a mere 10 per cent survey of all the texts would take 25 years. He found that the machines would be able to complete an analysis in four of the five years. The process is basically to feed the machine a set of questions to determine how many times a single word appears in the verses. The results allow inferences con- cerning symbols in the language of a particular culture, "This machine method of in- vestigation can, in principle, be applied to any language," Prof. Sebeok noted. The DI of internal medicine at the medical school directs the medical phase of the research. Inmates at the State Prison of Southern Michigan also helped out. Physicians studied them six times a day throughout an earlier hay fever season to study the ef- fects of the amount of pollen on symptoms of hay fever. One hundred tiny, sticky flags on poles, located downwind of the ragweed plot, aid the meteorolo- gists, who are attempting to deter- mine the number of pollen grains transported by the wind. Laboratory microscopes are used to count the pollen which collects on the lead edge of the flags located at various heights and dis- tances from the plot. Other factors which meteorolo- gists study with an assortment of equipment are wind speed, direc- tion and turbulence, humidity, and temperature. Prof. E. Wendell Hewson of the engineering college heads this phase of the research. Gardens Open In Summer A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. And at the University Botanical Gardens a rose is likely to be an evening primrose. Several thous- and have been grown for research in plant genetics. These, and almost 40 acres of other flowers and plants can be seen from 8 a.m. to sundown daily at the Gardens. Greenhouse hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Gardens are located at 1404 Iroquois Drive near the intersection of Packard and Stadium. AL RIO . .. for the BEST pizza in TOWN also SPAGHETTI RAVIOLI STEAKS * CHOPS * CHICKEN CALL us to order REAL CORNISH PASTIES for picnics. Also served Monday and Wednesday between 4 P.M. and 8 P.M. CLOSED 4th, 5th and 6th 122 W._WASHINGTON ST. Phone NO 2-9575 TODAY , " ? + r- ,,. 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